Steve Brooks, Steve Cham

Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland

Sixth Edition
Illustrator: Lewington, Richard

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A fully updated and expanded edition of the essential field guide to Odonata, featuring unrivalled full-colour artwork of all 58 species.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury USA
• 6th edition
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781399418126
• ISBN-10: 1399418122
• Artikelnr.: 74201185

Autorenporträt

Steve Brooks was a research scientist at the Natural History Museum for 38 years until he retired in 2017. He has published numerous scientific articles on dragonflies. Steve Cham is a member of the British Dragonfly Society's Dragonfly Conservation Group. In 2011 he received the RES Marsh Award for outstanding achievements in insect conservation. Richard Lewington FRES is one of Europe's finest wildlife illustrators. In 2010 he was awarded Stamford Raffles Award for contribution to zoology.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Life history
Distribution
Dragonfly habitats
Dragonflies and the law
Regional guides
Identification
Introduction to the families
Key to dragonfly larvae
Species descriptions
ZYGOPTERA DAMSELFLIES
Calopterygidae Demoiselles
Lestidae Emerald damselflies
Platycnemididae White-legged damselflies
Coenagrionidae Red damselflies and blue damselflies
ANISOPTERA DRAGONFLIES
Aeshnidae Hawker dragonflies
Gomphidae Club-tailed dragonflies
Cordulegastridae Golden-ringed dragonflies
Corduliidae Emerald dragonflies
Libellulidae Chaser, skimmer and darter dragonflies
Further reading
Addresses
Checklist of Odonata of Great Britain and Ireland
Index